The focus on public well-being underscores the growing pressure on Anwar to win over a sceptical vote base ahead of coming state elections.
Police in Malacca questioned a retiree after the photo of his truck went viral amid sustained public anger over Israel’s actions in Gaza.
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The home minister says he has waived constitutional conditions on Malaysian citizenship for the seven players.
Malaysians who were part of a Gaza aid flotilla say they were humiliated and denied basic rights, forcing them to drink from a toilet.
The couple have been missing after they failed to check out at a resort on one of the Mantanani Islands.
Football’s world governing body says Malaysia forged documents to grant citizenship to seven foreign players.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar, patron of a bloc of the flotilla, says the attack ‘trampled on the conscience of the world community’.
The Global Sumud Flotilla has already been beset by drone attacks, communication jamming and ‘psychological warfare’ via Bob Marley’s music.
It replaces the previous blanket subsidy that was open to anybody at the pump and limits citizens to 300 litres of discount petrol per month.
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Fans are questioning Fifa’s reversal of eligibility approval for seven naturalised players, suspecting complaints from Indonesia or Vietnam.
The 65-year-old woman, in prison for smuggling in methamphetamine, had lost contact with her family for years.
The students caught on a viral video bumping their schoolmate against a pole have been suspended and had their allowance frozen.
Owners of over 6,300 Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini, Bentley, Ferrari and Porsche cars have not been paying for the privilege, minister reveals.
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A freak storm in Malaysia might be a foretaste of more extreme weather to come because of climate change, experts warn.
Citizens will be charged 47 US cents per litre but are limited to 300 litres a month under the new subsidy scheme.
The death toll from the storms is the worst in Sabah in 30 years, as the state records an unprecedented spate of landslides.
Despite a ‘near-perfect’ academic record, Edward Wong was denied entry to six universities’ accounting courses.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for a mass gathering at the KLCC complex within the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur.
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Women’s rights group cites worrying trend from legal aid cases over divorce and custody.
Activist groups call for a national task force to find the corruption witness, who went missing before she could give a statement.
In another incident, a teenage boy and three men suspected of stealing copper electric cables were arrested after a car chase in Johor Bahru.
Authorities did not specify the nature of the threat to the complex, which is the world’s largest single-site LNG production facility.
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Suria KLCC management said the wooden flagpoles the protesters were carrying were a safety risk.
The death of a 13-year-old schoolgirl has brought Malaysia’s endemic school bullying problem out of the shadows, forcing government action.
Chinese migrants in Southeast Asia helped build a united front and in the process created a new sense of identity in their adopted countries.
More than 400 suspects were detained and transported in a convoy of police vans following a raid on Doo Group’s premises in Kuala Lumpur.
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The court handed one life sentence and indefinite detention to the rest over the killing of Nazmie Aizzat Narul Azwan in March last year.
The tremors set off a spiritual debate online, as experts warn that Malaysia may not be as earthquake-proof as previously thought.
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The service could open remote towns to tourism but more trains and bigger publicity needed to unlock true potential, industry experts say.
The arrest of the son of a former prime minister with heroin in his car is drawing comparisons to past cases of the elite escaping justice.